What was John Locke doing, as he eagerly learned about, bought, and read contemporary works of biblical scholarship? My latest article looks at a less familiar side of Locke's life, suggesting it reveals an underappreciated early modern world of 'everyday erudition'.
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Timothy Twining
New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'
'Everyday Erudition: John Locke, the Bible and
the Challenge of Early Modern Biblical
Scholarship', by Timothy Twining bit.ly/3IkveRA
How was ‘everyday erudition’ used to come to terms with the historical reality of Christian revelation? 1/2
